cwerdna
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Ok... two part question. I'm looking to mount a smoke detector in the garage.
Yeah yeah, it's not really advisable because of a combustion that might go on in there. The reason is because I began leasing a Leaf a week ago and because of my occasional charging @ home. I've only charged at all at home so far for 2 days, and only for a few hours. The rest of the time, I charged @ work (free L2 charging at work) and I today tried a free L2 public station for a bit.
At home, I'm just charging at 120 volts, but am paranoid in the event of overheated wiring or an outlet fire. Remember the PiP owner who had an outlet fire due to aluminum wire? (http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=10887" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false
There's no aluminum wire at this house and the 120 volt outlet in the garage is on a 20 amp circuit. I charged for ~4 hours @ home yesterday w/o incident. Outlet doesn't get that warm, nor do the plug's prongs. (I've felt MUCH worse from electrical space heaters.)
The Leaf obviously has no exhaust and the Prius doesn't even fire up its engine until a few seconds after power on. Upon returning home, most of the time, the Prius' engine's off by the time the garage door even starts opening.
The other part is where to drill? Pics at https://picasaweb.google.com/105684180251177299188/Garage?authkey=Gv1sRgCIvfrteQn7OFeA.
I'm thinking of installing a smoke detector above the outlet near the ceiling. The L1 EVSE is plugged into the outlet.
Notice the nails in the wall? I figure that if I just put two screws into the wall vertically lined up inline w/the nails, I should be safe. There's a column of nails on the left of the 1st pic to the right of the door frame. The next column to the right starts 10 inches away. Then the next column is 12 inches to its right. Then, the next column to its right is 16 inches away. I don't know anything about typical residential construction standards and spacing (from the late 70s, if that helps. House was built in 1979.)
I don't have a stud finder and I found some interesting discussion/debate at http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22072672-Finding-where-NOT-to-drill-through-drywall.
The right edge of the water heater is about 5 feet away from the outlet.
Anyone put in a smoke detector in a garage, esp. w/a gas water heater and find it causing false alarms?
Yeah yeah, it's not really advisable because of a combustion that might go on in there. The reason is because I began leasing a Leaf a week ago and because of my occasional charging @ home. I've only charged at all at home so far for 2 days, and only for a few hours. The rest of the time, I charged @ work (free L2 charging at work) and I today tried a free L2 public station for a bit.
At home, I'm just charging at 120 volts, but am paranoid in the event of overheated wiring or an outlet fire. Remember the PiP owner who had an outlet fire due to aluminum wire? (http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=10887" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false
There's no aluminum wire at this house and the 120 volt outlet in the garage is on a 20 amp circuit. I charged for ~4 hours @ home yesterday w/o incident. Outlet doesn't get that warm, nor do the plug's prongs. (I've felt MUCH worse from electrical space heaters.)
The Leaf obviously has no exhaust and the Prius doesn't even fire up its engine until a few seconds after power on. Upon returning home, most of the time, the Prius' engine's off by the time the garage door even starts opening.
The other part is where to drill? Pics at https://picasaweb.google.com/105684180251177299188/Garage?authkey=Gv1sRgCIvfrteQn7OFeA.
I'm thinking of installing a smoke detector above the outlet near the ceiling. The L1 EVSE is plugged into the outlet.
Notice the nails in the wall? I figure that if I just put two screws into the wall vertically lined up inline w/the nails, I should be safe. There's a column of nails on the left of the 1st pic to the right of the door frame. The next column to the right starts 10 inches away. Then the next column is 12 inches to its right. Then, the next column to its right is 16 inches away. I don't know anything about typical residential construction standards and spacing (from the late 70s, if that helps. House was built in 1979.)
I don't have a stud finder and I found some interesting discussion/debate at http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22072672-Finding-where-NOT-to-drill-through-drywall.
The right edge of the water heater is about 5 feet away from the outlet.
Anyone put in a smoke detector in a garage, esp. w/a gas water heater and find it causing false alarms?